Show-window fixture.



No. 823,747. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906. 0. WAGNER & J. s. LEWIS.

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0. WAGNER & J. s. LEWIs.

SHOW WINDOW FIXTURE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 11 1905.

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"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

SHOW-WINDOW FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 11, 1905 Serial No. 269,240.

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that we, \ORVILLE WAGNER and JOHN S. Lnwis, citizens of theUnited .States, residing at Wabash, in the county of 5 Wabash and Stateof Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShow-Window Fixtures; and we do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Our invention relates to changeable .eX- hibitors, and has for itsobject to provide a changeable advertising device connection with andoperated by a clock.

With his object in view our invention consists in providing a clock to"be placed in show-windows or in other prominent places which has inconnection therewith an endless sheet upon which advertisements aredisplayed, Which name-sheet is operated by mechanism independent of theclockworks,;

but which is controlled by the clock.

Our invention therefore consists in the novel construction employed andalso in'cer- Y tain combinations of parts ,whichwill be first fullydescribed and afterward specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a verticalsectionalview through the clock-case, portions of the case being broken away inorder to enlarge the view. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the mechanismfor controlling the movement of the endless sheet. Fig. 3 is a side viewof the clock-casing, and Fig. 4 is a front view of same.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout theseveral figures, in which- 1 indicates the clock-casin whichcomprisesthe front 2, sides 3, bac 4, carrying a door 4, base 5, and topor cap 5. The front and sides 2 and 3 are preferably of glass mirrors,while the back may be of wood. Arranged down each of the sides 2 is a'co per strip 6, provided with perforations or soc ets 7 to support insor brackets upon which goods are disp ayed. The base 5 and top 5 may beof polished wood or metal, as desired.

8 indicates the casin for the clockworks, and the front of theg ass caseis provided with a circular opening through which the dial 9 of theclock is seen, andbelow said circular opening is preferably .a squareopening 10 through which the endless sheet 1 1 is seen.

11 indicates a frame, preferably of metal, which carries the gearing,which will be now described.

12 indicates the upper endless-sheet roller, to which is secured .atoothed Wheel 13. Meshing with said toothed Wheel is a pinionwheel 14,and on the same shaft is a smaller pinion. (Shown in dotted line Fig.1.) Meshing with said smaller pinion is the pinion 15, which carries on.its shaft a smaller pinion 16, meshing with the toothed wheel 17,secured to the shaft of the drum 18, upon which drum is wound the cord19, to the end of which is the weight. 20. Secured to the shaft of thepinion-wheel 14 is an escapement -wheel which is engaged by ancecapement 21 for the purpose of giving the endless sheet a uniformmovement, and upon the end ofthe :escapement is a clapper 22, designedto strike a gong 23.

24 indicates a double eccentric secured to the shaft 25 of theminute-hand of the clock, and pivoted at 26 is a-lever 27,, which by reason of the spring 27 has its longer leg 28 in engagement with saiddouble eccentric, Fig. 2. Pivoted at 29 is a small lever 30 inengagement with the end of the shorter leg 31 of the lever 27, andpivoted at 32 on said lever 30 is a trigger 33 in engagement with a pin34, carried on said lever 30, and pivoted at 35 is-the locking-dog 36 inengagement with said trigger 33 and held normally in engagement with apin or projecting element 37 on the toothed wheel 13 of the roller 12,by means of a spring 36, arranged as shown in Fig. 2

38 indicates the lower sheet-roller, which is journaled in an arm 39,pivoted at 40 and held in osition by a wing-nut 41, by means of whicconstruction the sheet 11 can be tightened.

42 indicates an idler-roller located under the upper roller 12 in suchmanner that the sheet 11 will be in contact with the greaterportion ofthe surface of the roller 12.

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Having thus fully described the several the intermediate mechanismthrows the locking-dog 36 out of engagement with the pin 37, whichallows the roller 12 to revolve one complete revolution, thereby movingthe sheet 11 a sufficient distance to carry the new advertisement'withinthe opening in the front of the clock-case. By the downward movement ofthe trigger 33 the locking-dog 36 is tripped out of engagement with thepin 37 on the roller 12, and said lockingd0g immediately resumes itsnormal position 1n time to engage the pin 37 after the roller 12 hasmade one complete revolution. After the locking-dog 36 has been trippedand resumes its normal position and the cam-en gaging lever 27 subseuently resuming the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 the trigger33 is raised and in its upward movement -striking the lever 36 is rockedand passes said "which attracts attention to the device.

Having thus described the several parts of our invention, we do not wishto be understood as limiting ourselves to the exact construction hereinset forth, as various slight changes may be made therein which wouldfall within the limit and scope of the appended claim, and we considerourselves right angles to the other, a

clearly entitled to all such changes and modifications.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is

In a device for the purposes described, the combination with a clock,name-sheet rollers and mechanism for operating said rollers, of

an eccentric carried on a shaft of the clock, a lever in engagement withsaid eccentric, said lever having one of its arms substantially at leverhaving one of its arms in engagement with said first mentioned lever, atrigger carried by said last-mentioned lever, a pivoted locking-doghaving one end thereof normally locking one of said name-sheet rollers aainst rotation, and its other end arranged to be engaged and tripped bysaid trigger in such manner that a downward movement of said triggerrocks said locking-dog unlocking said roller and trips said locking-dogwhereby it resumes its normal position, said trigger being arranged onsaid ast-mentioned lever in such manner that the said locking-dog isunaflected by an upward movement of the trigger, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ORVILLE WAGNER. JOHN S. LEWIS. Witnesses:

JOHN H. DIOKEN, FANNIE MALLOCH.

